Spitz nevus with an uncertain malignant potential

Romanian Journal of Morphology and Embryology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 275-282

  Stǎnescu, Ligia ^a   Popescu, Carmen Florina ^b   Georgescu, Iuliana ^c   Georgescu, Claudia Valentina ^b   Anghelina, Liliana ^a   Petrescu, Ileana ^a   Calin G ^a  

^a 'Filantropia' University Hospital   (Romania)

^b Emergency County Hospital   (Romania)

^c 'Mediplus Diagnostica' Clinical Center   (Romania)

Author keywords

Child; Malignant melanoma; Neoplasia; Spitz nevus

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN D1; HERMES ANTIGEN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MART1 ANTIGEN; MELANOMA SPECIFIC ANTIGENS; MELANOMA-SPECIFIC ANTIGENS; TUMOR ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MELANOMA; METABOLISM; NEVUS; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR;

ANTIGENS, CD44; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CHILD; CYCLIN D1; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEVUS, EPITHELIOID AND SPINDLE CELL; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 70249113376     PISSN: 12200522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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